by Marlene Chism | Jan 25, 2023 | Awareness, Critical Thinking, General, Mindset
The thoughts you think can cause you clarity or anxiety. The key to clarity is to learn how to manage your thoughts instead of being led by them. Much of our anxiety is due to our unmanaged thoughts about the situation, and not so much the situation itself. Whether...
by Marlene Chism | Oct 12, 2022 | Awareness, Communication, Leadership
According to a “Global Generations” study by Ernst & Young, 46% of US managers have been managing for over 10 years, and most not received any type of training to develop their leadership identity. The belief is that because this individual was a star performer,...
by Marlene Chism | Oct 5, 2022 | Awareness, Communication, Conflict Capacity, Leadership, Stop Workplace Drama
Unresolved workplace conflict wastes time, increases stress and negatively affects business outcomes. Check out my interview with David Dye on The Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast for my expert guidance on improving your conflict capacity and addressing...
by Marlene Chism | Aug 10, 2022 | Awareness, Conflict Capacity, Leadership
I have struggled with being impatient most of my life. They even named a flower after me, it’s called the Impatient. I’ve been working on becoming more patient and of course being an impatient person, it’s taken me longer to become more patient than...
by Marlene Chism | Mar 16, 2022 | Awareness, Communication, Conflict Capacity, Emotional Integrity, Leadership
If you hear yourself saying things like, “they don’t care,” “he isn’t engaged” or “she thinks she’s above it all,” then you’re operating off of emotions and not observation. In other words, you’re relying on your emotional brain rather than your executive brain. As a...
by Marlene Chism | Mar 2, 2022 | Accountability, Awareness, Communication, Leadership
If you promote a top performer but they struggle with leading it could be an issue of identity. If they are a leader in title only but they still identify with former peers, they won’t be able to create accountability or initiate difficult conversations about...